Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '19 at 12:22
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$62 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 195 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 361 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3776) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2079 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 81.9 Parallax 72.2 66% 78.4 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 74.7 62% 75.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 144 172 139 95 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 454 Write 249 Mixed 298 SusWrite 133 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 28.2 101% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 107 93% 140 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 45GB free Firmware: 3.AFE SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 46 40 43 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 46.5 Write 44.5 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 43.8 31% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 32GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 53.2 Write 61.5 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 51.1 39% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$50 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 86GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 44 39 43 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 39 Write 41.3 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 42.2 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 36GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 59 59 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 13 Write 56.5 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 58.6 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 70GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 61 64 63 64 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 54.5 Write 54 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 62.8 66% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 44%
Packard Bell Carbon 2TB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 293GB free, PID 002d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 34 34 36 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 33 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 33.8 40% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26.9 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 21.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	875x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	663x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	498x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	167x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	71x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	148x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	133x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	44x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16